{
  "family": "common-ground",
  "checked": "2026-10-09",
  "scope": "A selected pilot, not an exhaustive policy platform. Survey findings describe the sampled population and the stated question, not all Americans or every version of a proposal.",
  "id": "minimum-wage-increase",
  "metaTitle": "Minimum wage: support & bill status | America.co",
  "title": "Do Americans agree on raising the federal minimum wage?",
  "description": "Distinguish support for any increase from support for a specific dollar amount, phase-in, exemptions, or the Raise the Wage Act.",
  "answer": "In this survey, most respondents chose a wage above the $7.25 federal floor. That is not the same as supporting a single target. The related H.R. 2743 Raise the Wage Act of 2025 proposes a path to $17; the official record checked October 9, 2026 still showed committee referral.",
  "category": "Family and work",
  "poll": {
    "label": "PPC national Q19",
    "period": "2026-02-11 / 2026-02-26",
    "population": "U.S. adults; weighted opt-in panels; total n=2,509; four-fifths modules n=1,991–2,020 (question-specific n unreported).",
    "questionSummary": "Choosing a federal wage above $7.25, not a single target.",
    "national": 94,
    "republican": 90,
    "democrat": 97,
    "independent": 96,
    "sourceUrl": "https://publicconsultation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Common-Ground-National-Questionnaire-2026.pdf#page=6"
  },
  "facts": [
    {
      "label": "Current federal floor",
      "value": "$7.25 for covered, nonexempt employees",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/faq"
    },
    {
      "label": "Related proposal",
      "value": "H.R. 2743, Raise the Wage Act of 2025",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2743"
    },
    {
      "label": "Latest recorded action",
      "value": "April 8, 2025: referred to House Education and Workforce",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr/BILLSTATUS-119hr2743.xml"
    },
    {
      "label": "Introduced target",
      "value": "$17 five years after the bill’s effective date",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2743ih/html/BILLS-119hr2743ih.htm"
    }
  ],
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "The main interpretation trap",
      "paragraphs": [
        "A percentage supporting an increase must not be relabeled as support for $15, $17 or another specific amount. Ask which question was actually answered. A preferred amount, a yes/no response and a choice among complete packages are different measures."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": []
    },
    {
      "heading": "Compare a concrete implementation",
      "paragraphs": [
        "The introduced bill phases in a $17 general wage floor and separately changes tipped-worker and other wage provisions. Comparing the proposal requires reading those schedules, not reducing the entire text to its final number."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": [
        "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2743ih/html/BILLS-119hr2743ih.htm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Questions that make the discussion useful",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Compare purchasing power, regional costs, phase-in length, coverage, enforcement and effects on employers and workers. Keep projected economic effects separate from measured results. A poll measures preferences; it does not resolve those empirical questions."
      ],
      "sourceUrls": []
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    "Read the exact question behind a support claim.",
    "Separate federal, state and local wage rules.",
    "Compare a specific bill’s complete schedule and coverage before endorsing or criticizing it."
  ],
  "caution": "The 94% figure is support for some increase, not support for H.R. 2743 or its $17 target. This is not individual wage-entitlement advice.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "PPC low-income policy polling release",
      "url": "https://publicconsultation.org/common-ground/bipartisan-majorities-in-the-battlegrounds-agree-snap-benefits-medicaid-eitc-minimum-wage-should-be-increased/",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "PPC questionnaire, Q19",
      "url": "https://publicconsultation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Common-Ground-National-Questionnaire-2026.pdf",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "Department of Labor minimum-wage FAQ",
      "url": "https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/faq",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "Official H.R. 2743 action record",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr/BILLSTATUS-119hr2743.xml",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    },
    {
      "title": "H.R. 2743 introduced schedules",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr2743ih/html/BILLS-119hr2743ih.htm",
      "asOf": "2026-10-09"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "label": "How to track congressional votes",
      "url": "/learn/how-to-track-congressional-votes"
    },
    {
      "label": "Public resource desk",
      "url": "/resources"
    }
  ],
  "faq": [
    [
      "Does 94% support mean 94% support a $17 minimum?",
      "No. It counts respondents who selected any amount above $7.25."
    ],
    [
      "Has H.R. 2743 changed the federal minimum wage?",
      "The October 9, 2026 record checked here shows a proposal at committee referral, not enactment."
    ]
  ],
  "route": "/common-ground/minimum-wage-increase",
  "file": "common-ground/minimum-wage-increase.html"
}